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WGUS73 KLSX 101044

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MOC007-019-101245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

533 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE AND AUDRAIN

COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 533 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. HEAVY 

RAIN HAS ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN BOONE AND WESTERN 

AUDRAIN COUNTIES. 



DOPPLER ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTHWEST

OF HALLSVILLE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY TO THE

WEST OF MEXICO. 



ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAS DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTHWEST IN MONITEAU 

COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BOONE COUNTY BETWEEN 600 AND 630 AM.  

IN ADDITION A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 80 MILES TO THE WEST WILL 

BE MOVING EAST INTO THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 700 AND 800 AM CDT 

BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS TO THE AREA.



RAINFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING AND FLASH 

FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY.  THE SOIL IS SATURATED AND HAS NOWHERE TO 

GO.  NIGHTTIME REPORTS ARE COMING IN SLOWLY...BUT TRUST YOUR 

JUDGEMENT AND DO NOT BE IN AREAS SUBJECT TO RISING WATER THIS 

MORNING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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